I mean, if you take their objectives at face value (rescuing hostages, getting rid of Hamas) then yeah they have failed, but I don't think those were their actual objectives.

As Normal Finkelstein has pointed out a number of times, their true objectives were to ethnically cleanse the Gaza strip and make it uninhabitable for human life, which they have largely succeeded at.

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

• yewtu.be
• inv.nadeko.net
• yt.artemislena.eu
• piped.video